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My Kind of Country is the eighth studio album by American country singer Reba McEntire, released October 15, 1984. It was her second studio album for MCA Records. My Kind of Country peaked at No. 13 on Billboard's (North America) Country Music Albums chart. Two tracks from the album rose to No. 1 on the Country Singles chart: "How Blue" and "Somebody Should Leave".

My Kind of Country
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	October 15, 1984
Recorded	July 1984
Studio	The Mill (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Country
Length	25:37
Label	MCA
Producer	Harold Shedd
Reba McEntire chronology
Just a Little Love (1984) My Kind of Country (1984) The Best of Reba McEntire (1985)
Singles from My Kind of Country
"How Blue" Released: September 1984 "Somebody Should Leave" Released: January 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	B+[2]

The track "It's Not Over (If I'm Not over You)" was later recorded by the singer Mark Chesnutt on his 1992 album Longnecks & Short Stories, with backing vocals from Alison Krauss and Vince Gill. It reappeared on his 1997 album Thank God for Believers, from which it was released as a single in 1998.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Blue"	John Moffat	2:42
2.	"That's What He Said"	Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes	2:30
3.	"I Want to Hear It from You"	Fred Carter Jr.	2:21
4.	"It's Not Over (If I'm Not Over You)"	Larry Kingston, Mark Wright	3:10
5.	"Somebody Should Leave"	Harlan Howard, Chick Rains	3:34
6.	"Everything but My Heart"	Graham Lyle, Troy Seals	3:10
7.	"Don't You Believe Him"	Nat Stuckey	2:19
8.	"Before I Met You"	J. William Denny, Joe "Cannonball" Lewis, Chuck Seitz	2:29
9.	"He's Only Everything"	Billy Deaton, Faron Young	3:19
10.	"You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me)"	George Richey, Connie Smith	2:41

Personnel

• Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
• David Briggs – keyboards
• Mitch Humphries – keyboards
• Kenny Bell – acoustic guitar
• Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar
• Ray Edenton – acoustic guitar
• Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar
• Greg Galbraith – electric guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Paul Worley – electric guitar
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Bob Wray – bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Jerry Kroon – drums
• Craig Bickhardt – backing vocals
• Buddy Cannon – backing vocals
• Ted Hewitt – backing vocals
• Wendy Waldman – backing vocals

Production

• Harold Shedd – producer
• Jim Cotton – first engineer, overdub recording
• Bob Bullock – second engineer, overdub recording
• George W. Clinton – second engineer, overdub recording
• Paul Goldberg – second engineer, overdub recording
• Tim Kish – second engineer, overdub recording
• Joe Scaife – second engineer, overdub recording
• Ron Treat – mixing, overdub recording
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Simon Levy – art direction, design
• Alan Messer – photography

Studios

• Recorded at The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mixed and Overdubbed at GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country[5]	CAN Country[6]
1984	"How Blue"	1	6
1985	"Somebody Should Leave"	1	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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